NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 0.03 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $0.00.

Wondering what school supplies to get, when bus schedules are announced, or where to register your child for school? All those questions and more are answered on Northside ISD’s Back to School website.

A news anchor, bank founder, prosecutor, entrepreneur, cancer researcher, and teen parent advocate typically don’t have much in common. But these six outstanding NISD graduates will be recognized as Pillars of Character together at the Northside Education Foundation’s annual gala.

The Mike McClung Transportation Station is officially open for business. District staff, retirees, and community members gathered Wednesday morning to dedicate the new facility and to honor its namesake, a school transportation visionary and a former NISD Transportation Director.

Wondering what school supplies to get, when bus schedules are announced, or where to register your child for school? All those questions and more are answered on Northside ISD’s Back to School website.

Northside ISD is enforcing its "No Shots, No School" policy, which means students who are not up-to-date on immunizations will not be allowed to attend classes when the 2012-13 school year begins Aug. 27.

Northside ISD is enforcing its "No Shots, No School" policy, which means students who are not up-to-date on immunizations will not be allowed to attend classes when the 2012-13 school year begins Aug. 27.

At some point in their lives, just about every student dreams of walking across a stage to get his or her diploma. For Brandeis High School senior Damien Kasten, the actual walk across the stage was just as meaningful as the diploma.